Bill: Rejected Fair Opportunity Act

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A
BILL
TO

Provide for more Government opportunities and amend the Executive Standards Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives and Senators in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “Fair Opportunity Act”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately after it has been signed into law.
(3) Authored by Rep. xEndeavour
(4) Co-sponsored by Rep. Reaperay

2 - Reasons
(1) Currently many Secretaries are serving as Deputy Secretaries of other Departments. Secretaries should focus their time and resources towards bettering their own department.
(2) The Deputy Secretary position is a good stepping-stone position to provide experience to other department members that are not already in Cabinet.

3 - Additions
(1) The following additions will be made:
a. 5 - Cabinet
(1) Any person which holds roles functionally equivalent to a department Secretary must be approved by the Congress. This includes “Acting” Secretaries.
(2) During a vacancy in the Secretary position, their duties fall to the Deputy Secretary until a new Secretary can be chosen.
(3) Should both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary be vacant, the Secretary’s duties shall temporarily fall to a person appointed by the President.
(4) A Secretary can not serve in the position of Deputy Secretary of another Department for a period of more than 14 days.

4 - Grandfather
(1) Breaches of these limitations will be exempt for appointments made prior to the bill's passage.